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WITNESSES u, PETERS. mvuw w. Vlnhmpon.

D. RENIKER.

FENCE.

Patented May 22,1883.

IJVVE TOR UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. DAVID RENIKER, or WABASH, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,930, dated May 22,1883,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID RENIKER, a citi zenof the United States, residing at the city of Wabash, county of \Vabash,and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of fences termed portable, and theobject of which is,

first, to providev an easy means for erecting or.

for the purpose of leavinga passage through the fence.

The improvement consists of the sills A A, to which are secured theposts B B, which are strengthened by means of lateral braces O O andlongitudinal bars or braces D D, the latter beingjoined by a verticalbrace, F, the

I whole thus forming the frame-work of the stationary section of thefence. In the post Bare inserted staples H H for the reception of hooksI I, and to the post B are secured hooks I I by means of staples H H, bywhich means the sections arejoined together, as willbehereinaftermorefnllydescribed. Theposts are alsojoined at suitabledistances apart by longitudinal twisted wires E E E, in which areinserted and secured barbs G, and which are secured to the posts bystaples or other suitable means. The removable sections consist of twoosts, K K joined similar] Y and Application filed September 7, 1882. (Nomodel.)

positions, the hooksI I are inserted into the staples H H, which thusconnect one portion of the movable section to the stationary section;then by inserting the hooks I I of the stationary section into thestaples H H the sections are thus all united together. All that isnecessary to do in order to open any of the movable sections is towithdraw the books from their connections with the, staples, thusleaving said sections free to swing or to be entirely removed.

1am aware that prior to my invention fences have been constructed withmovable sections, and I therefore do not claim such a combination,broadly, as my invention.

I am aware that sections of fence have been made with bases in which oneof the sections could be moved laterally; also, that sections of fencehave been hooked together to form a continuous worm-fence. y

I am also aware that Patent No.14 1,202 describes removable sections.

I am further aware that sections of fence have been composed of barbed'wire and rails combined; but I am not aware that sections of fencecomposed of both wire and rails and having bases at each end have beenused in connection with other sections similar but without bases towhich they are hooked, so-that the latter sections can be turnedlaterally oraround, whereby the extra expense of forming bases on thelatter sections is avoided; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Thecombination, in a fence, of the alternate stationary and removablesections A B,-

connected to one another by hooks and staples, by which the removablesections are adapted to turn l'aterull y, every stationary section beingprovided at each end with a braced sill, A (J, rigidly attached, and theremovable swinging section being constructed in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

DAVID RENIKER. I Witnesses:

' FRED. J. SNAVELLY,

JOHN H. DIOKEN.

